2026 Alex Gillespie: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	47	3394	3126	576	527	172	9305

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Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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3126

576

527

172

9305

Social Sciences and Humanities

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Citations

9305

World Ranking

3394

National Ranking

576

Overview

Alex Gillespie is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research work spans the fields of Health Professions and Psychology, with significant contributions in subfields including Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Pharmacy, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, such as:

Occupational Health and Safety Research
Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
Social Representations and Identity
Healthcare Quality and Management
Safety Warnings and Signage
Patient Safety and Medication Errors
Risk and Safety Analysis

Alex Gillespie has published articles in various academic venues. Some of the frequent publication forums include:

Safety Science
Theory & Psychology
BMJ Quality & Safety
Risk Analysis
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Alex Gillespie include:

"Learning from complaints in healthcare: a realist review of academic literature, policy evidence and front-line insights" (2020, BMJ Quality & Safety)
"Social Psychology of and for World-Making" (2023, Personality and Social Psychology Review)
"Safety voice and safety listening during aviation accidents: Cockpit voice recordings reveal that speaking-up to power is not enough" (2021, Safety Science)
"Causal and Corrective Organisational Culture: A Systematic Review of Case Studies of Institutional Failure" (2020, Journal of Business Ethics)
"Identifying and encouraging high-quality healthcare: an analysis of the content and aims of patient letters of compliment" (2020, BMJ Quality & Safety)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alex Gillespie include:

Tom W. Reader
Tania Zittoun
Marcos José Bernal Marcos
Mark C. Noort
Alex Goddard

Alex Gillespie has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

Pragmatism and Methodology (2024)

Best Publications

Intersubjectivity: Towards a Dialogical Analysis

Alex Gillespie;Flora Cornish

580
Citations
Patient complaints in healthcare systems: a systematic review and coding taxonomy

Tom W Reader;Alex Gillespie;Jane Roberts

480
Citations
Services and Uneven Development

J Marshall;P Wood;P Daniels;A McKinnon

395
Citations
Cognitive Function and Assistive Technology for Cognition: A Systematic Review

Alex Gillespie;Catherine Best;Brian O'Neill

358
Citations
The Use of Symbolic Resources in Developmental Transitions

Tania Zittoun;Gerard Duveen;Alex Gillespie;Gabrielle Mary Ivinson

336
Citations
Social Representations, Alternative Representations and Semantic Barriers

Alex Gillespie

297
Citations
Collaborative analysis of qualitative data

Flora Cornish;Alex Gillespie;Tania Zittoun

277
Citations
A pragmatist approach to the problem of knowledge in health psychology.

Flora Cornish;Alex Gillespie

272
Citations
Imagination in Human and Cultural Development

Tania Zittoun;Alex Gillespie

265
Citations
Becoming other : from social interaction to self-reflection

Alex Gillespie

255
Citations
Tourist Photography and the Reverse Gaze

Alex Gillespie

225
Citations
Patient neglect in healthcare institutions: a systematic review and conceptual model.

Tom W Reader;Alex Gillespie

215
Citations
A qualitative method for analysing multivoicedness

Emma-Louise Aveling;Alex Gillespie;Flora Cornish

201
Citations
Perspective-taking is two-sided: Misunderstandings between people with Asperger's syndrome and their family members.

Brett Heasman;Alex Gillespie

195
Citations
Position exchange: The social development of agency

Alex Gillespie

191
Citations
Neurodivergent intersubjectivity: Distinctive features of how autistic people create shared understanding.

Brett Heasman;Alex Gillespie

189
Citations
Using Resources: Conceptualizing the Mediation and Reflective Use of Tools and Signs

Alex Gillespie;Tania Zittoun

186
Citations
Four problems for researchers using social categories

Alex Gillespie;Caroline S Howarth;Flora Cornish

174
Citations
Trust and distrust: sociocultural perspectives

Ivana Marková;Alex Gillespie

168
Citations
G.H. Mead: theorist of the social act

Alex Gillespie

163
Citations
A neo-Meadian approach to human agency: relating the social and the psychological in the ontogenesis of perspective-coordinating persons.

Jack Martin;Alex Gillespie

131
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaan Valsiner Aalborg University

Catherine Campbell London School of Economics and Political Science

Ivana Marková University of Stirling

Mick Cooper University of Roehampton

Malcolm MacLachlan National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Alan Costall University of Portsmouth

Maciej Karwowski University of Wrocław

Karl Peltzer Asian University

External Links

Personal website of Alex Gillespie Google Scholar page

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